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With just 100 days to go until the start of the Olympic Games in London on July 27, 2012, excitement is mounting, as is the number of Olympic visitors seeking accommodation for their stay. With demand for accommodation pred
Most people while tucking in to some tea and scones to watch the yearly Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on the Thames were expecting another normal ten minutes of Britains brightest paddling up the river ending in one lot wi
As announced earlier this month, the ladies of the Lingerie Football League (LFL) are set to tackle Australia this June.
LFL founder and Chairman Mitchell S. Mortaza will be in Sydney Thursday 12 April 2012 together with A
The Olympics are just around the corner (literally so for people in London) so we thought we'd take a peek at the fierce fight for places in the British badminton doubles squad.
Why badminton, you ask? Because apparently,
On the weekend of March 16th-18th, the Australian Grand Prix starts another season of the fastest sport on the planet, and the usual questions will be asked: can Lewis Hamilton win his second World Championship this year? W
Formula 1 Testing began today, and most of the teams have unveiled their new cars and systems for the 2012 season. Red Bull, just to show off, are one of the last to show designs and pictures of their new car, which has rec
Alberto Contador famously won the Tour De France in 2010 in a 39 second gap against Andy Schleck after Schleck's bike chain's malfunctioned and he was wearing the yellow jersey as the leader of the race. Since then there ha
We hate bullying and name-calling here at BBM, which is why we were shocked and appalled when we found out that piggy-faced fat bastard snooker star, Shaun Murphy, has been subjected to a barrage of cruel 'fat boy' jibes
After 5hrs 53mins - the longest grand slam final ever - Novak Djokovic emerged the winner of the Australian Open in Melbourne, beating Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5.
The final featuring the top two players in the world
After over 3 hours of Tennis, Rafael Nadal has beaten Roger Federer 7-6, 2-6, 6-7, 4-6. The match had plenty of build up as the four best men in tennis prepared to face each other in the semi-finals as Novak Djokovic pre
Brazil's Jose Aldo retained his featherweight championship by knocking out the previously undefeated Chad Mendes at UFC 142 in Rio. Having never even lost a round in his 11-0 MMA career, Mendes was seen as a serious threat
Amir Khan has alleged that an unidentified man is guilty of interfering with the scorecards of his fight with Lamont Peterson last month. Khan lost to Peterson 113-112, 113-112, 111-114 on the scorecards after being docked
Erm, ok, just give us a minute. If we've got this right, Georges St-Pierre was to face Nick Diaz at UFC 137 but Diaz no-showed at the press conferences and got demoted to face Carlos Condit, but GSP got injured so Diaz was
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones continued his amazing year with victory over Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 in Toronto. Machida won the first round by doing his usual shtick of hanging back, circling, and picking shots a
Isn't it terrible when an arrogant little tosser with no class loses a fight fair and square? The answer is no, no it isn't.
After losing to Lamont Peterson by split decision Amir Khan kicked and screamed and blamed the re
Brock Lesnar's name hangs over the heavyweight division like a fart in a bean factory (I'm not sure that's actually a saying, but it sounds like it could be). As the UFC's biggest draw, he is forever in the title picture no
Miguel Cotto avenged his 2008 loss to Antonio Margarito with an excellent display of boxing against the sport's cartoon villain. Following the discovery of illegal hardened knuckle pads in his hand-wraps before his 2009 fig
After losing the first round in the battle of The Ultimate Fighter season 14 coaches, England's Michael Bisping took control of the fight and defeated Jason Miller by TKO in the third. In fact, the last two rounds were so o
Well surprise, surprise, it seems that David Haye's retirement was just like everything else that came out of his mouth: a complete load of shit. Often referred to in the British press as the heavyweight champion of the wor
Stephan Bonnar defeats Kyle Kingsbury by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-25, 30-27)
Following an exciting first round, Bonnar spent the next two smothering Kingsbury on the ground in a fight which drew boos from the crowd an
It was a great great great great fight. A really great fight.
Dan Henderson defeated Mauricio Shogun Rua by unanimous decision to put himself in the title picture at both light heavyweight and middleweight. Henderson was t
Top Rank CEO and promoter of Manny Pacquiao, Bob Arum, has informed Floyd Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions that he will not enter negotiations for a potential fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao, as they are looking t
Just like the first two fights, it was close; just like the first two fights, Juan Manuel Marquez thought he won; and just like the first two fights, the judges disagreed with the Mexican. With scores of 114 -114, 115-113,
Even entering the ring to the theme tune from Rocky - usually the sure sign of an unimaginative bell-end - is not enough to provoke animosity towards Junior Dos Santos; he seems to be a genuinely nice, and humble, person. H
Nick Diaz has succeeded where many others have failed: he's managed to make Georges St-Pierre angry. Diaz replaced St-Pierre in the main event against B.J. Penn at UFC 137 after the welterweight champ suffered an injury, an
If it was not official already, it is now. You have to be completely off your rocker and clinically insane to be a boxer. At least we can only assume that is Victor Ortiz's excuse for head butting Floyd Mayweather Junior
After an off-season of discontent, the NFL season is about to get under way. We offer our predictions...
AFC East (Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets)
The Patriots are favourites to take t
After just two games (one being the rather pointless Community Shield) Man Utd's £16m goalkeeper David De Gea was already being labelled a disaster (or as it's known in Manchester, Massimo Taibi). He's 20, hasn't earned a
Wow! We mean just wow! That has put a cat amongst the pigeons! So the NFL's Arizona Cardinals have tied their star wide receiver, Larry Fitzgerald, to an eight year $120m deal. Yep that is quarterback money for a wide
On 17th September 2011 Floyd "money' Mayweather finally steps back into the ring at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas after a 16 month absence.
In a fight being called a ‘tune up fight' by many boxing critics for an even
Cricket News
 England have attempted to make amends for their collapse in the first test against Sri Lanka by utilising the novel idea of not letting the ball hit the wicket or batting it into the hands of Sri Lanka's fielders. Pretty si |
 We already knew we won the series, but we at least thought as we were number one in the world we could get one game in this three game series against Pakistan. But once again the world rankings lie, as England slumped to th |
Australia’s continued dominance of Cricket continued as they blasted their way through the first innings of their final test match against India in Adelaide.
With powder thrown all over their faces, the Aussies are no |
 Good ol' Bob Hawke! This week the former Australian Prime Minister accepted a challenge from a cricket fan to down a pint while watching the second Test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
In the vide |
 England spinner Graeme Swann has said that he would like to see one-day cricket scrapped because he believes too much cricket is being played, and that Twenty20 and Test cricket are the formats of the future.
‘I think on |
 Shane Warne has confirmed that he will play for Melbourne Stars in the inaugural Twenty20 Big Bash League in Australia, which kicks off in December.
Warne retired from all forms of cricket only six months ago, following hi |
RUGBY
So the Six Nations has drawn to a close with Wales emerging as Grand Slam champions; and, ultimately, it would only be the blindest spectator who would deny that their win was fully deserved.
A 16-9 victory over France com
Well, the only thing about Saturday's games that was surprising was that it took so much effort for Wales to beat Italy. Obviously Wales' 24-3 victory keeps them at the top of the table on 8 points and on course for the Gra
Abandoned because of a frozen pitch a few weeks ago - because the Stade de France inexplicably has no under soil heating - France and Ireland eventually got down to a pretty entertaining draw. It was a game that was a lazy
It's always a bit lame when you scramble to look for positives after a defeat... but we're going to do it anyway.
Even though England lost to Wales at Twickenham they showed that they're more than capable of competing agai
On a snowy pitch at the Stadio Olimpico, England's hopes of helping Italy to a win were dashed by those despicable traitors Charlie Hodgson and Owen Farrell. England had tried their best to give the Italians a much needed b
Call me a miserable bastard, but the first Saturday of the Six Nations was a crap start to the tournament, with nothing really of great note to say about either of the games. There was no great surprise in World Cup finalis
Its official, The Six Nations 2012 kicks off imminently! On 4th February, Six Nations will be looking to claim bragging rights over each other.
After a year of controversy, Owen Farrell is seen as the new young star and he
Former England Captain Bill Beaumont has put his name forward to become the next Rugby Football Union chairman.
"I will allow my name to go forward," he told BBC Radio 4.
"If people within the union feel that I could do a
The Six Nations is fast approaching. Well, it's regularly approaching. Basically, it starts next month and it's safe to say that more than one team will be looking to have a successful tournament. (That's quality insight ri
If there's only one reason we love Jonny Wilkinson here at BBM Towers, it's not because he won us the World Cup in 2003, booted us to countless Six Nations victories and came across as a model professional even in the debau
So at the age of 32, England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has announced his retirement from international rugby. In a statement released on his website Wilkinson said, ‘To make this announcement fills me with great sadness, b
With the qualifiers now over, we have the complete list of the 14 teams who'll compete in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. The nations awarded automatic qualification - Australia, Cook Islands, England, Fiji, France, Irelan
Just to underline how utterly inept England rugby is at pretty much level, a review by the RFU into why we were so incredibly shit at the World Cup has been accidentally leaked to the The Times. In other words, they've even
Mike Tindall has been returned to the position he once held. Nope, not piss-licking bulldog lookalike of the year, but a member of the elite England rugby squad. Tindall was thrown out of the squad and fined £25,000 as pun
Footballers are disgraceful. All they care about is money. They don't care about playing for their country. They need to look at the rugby lads to learn to... oh, err... nevermind.
Reports leaked to The Times from investig
Isn't it great that stuff like this still happens?
Following allegations from the Samoa team captain, Mahonri Schwalger, that team manager Tuala Matthew Vaea and other senior officials treated the Rugby World Cup as a holi
Martin Johnson has resigned as manager of the England team having been under pressure since England's less than successful World Cup campaign this summer. Upon appointing Johnson as manager in 2008, then RFU chairman Martyn
Possibly feeling upstaged by the antics of certain English players, Zac Guildford has attempted to steal the headlines.
The All Blacks wing is alleged to have turned up to the Trader Jacks bar - on the main island of Rarot
Mike Tindall has been tossed out of the elite England squad - unfortunately not by midgets - and fined an unprecedented £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
The extreme penalty is a result of the England squad's inf
A fine of £2500 has been handed out to France for not following the customary tradition of standing like lemons whilst the All Blacks perform their traditional pre-match ritual.
As New Zealand performed the haka before th
With their stunning good looks, England heroics and ultra-posh wives, it's almost impossible to tell Mike Tindall and David Beckham apart these days.
So it was inevitable that the strikingly-beautiful Tindall (pictured) wo
This week's fixtures were dominated by the major nations racking up cricket scores against the likes of Namibia, Romania and Russia. Whilst it should not be forgotten that for one-off games, the smaller nations have been a
Finally the result and upset that we were waiting for (well everybody except the Australians we would assume anyway!) Hot favourites to brush aside an Irish side that had laboured to an unimpressive win against the USA las
Well that was pretty quick. In the blink of an eye, the first round of Rugby World Cup 2011 fixtures are over and so far, no surprises. That said the top sides certainly haven't had it all their own way.
The tournament k
South Africa (World Ranking 3rd)
History - The reigning world champions are looking to become the first team in history to defend their title. Often criticised for not playing as an expansive game as they could, the Spri
Australia (World Ranking 2nd)
History - Say what you like about the Aussies but they usually turn up when it matters. The two time champions will have been disappointed to have been bundled out at the Quarter Finals to t
England (World Ranking 5th)
History - Surprise finalists last time out where they were edged out by a Springbok side that had battered them only a couple of weeks earlier in their group game. In stark contrast to the nat
Here's BBMLive.com's Rugby World Cup 2011 Group A Preview...
New Zealand (World Ranking 1st)History - Despite the obvious tag that they seem to choke when it comes to Rugby World Cup, New Zealand's record in home tourname
Whilst the likes of Graham Henry and Martin Johnson announce their final squads, it is time to assess the summer performances for all of the major nations with the Rugby World Cup right around the corner. The main protagon
With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, Twickenham took to its unusual role of hosting international rugby in August (anyone else think that sport just looks better played in the summer?) as Wales and England cla
IRISH SPORTS NEWS
RORY McIlroy has again split with his long-time girlfriend Holly Sweeney and has embarked on a relationship with world tennis No 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
Sources close to McIlroy confirmed that he has formed a close friendshi
OBVIOUSLY we stopped believing a word that came out of Joe Kinnear's mouth long ago, but even he would have to admit this quote he gave on December 31st about Shay Given's future may have been ever so slightly misguided."He
YOU certainly don't get to use the phrases ‘sporting success' and ‘boost to the economy' much about Ireland - so when this week the two could be used in the same sentence, it was as rare as a pass along
THE will-he-won't-he-oh-just-get-on-with-it saga surrounding Stephen Ireland's international career rumbles on this week with the Man City winger claiming the ball is firmly in Giovanni Trapattoni's court.The only problem w
ENDING one of the most bizarre managerial sagas in recent League of Ireland history, Cork City finally have a new manager after Paul Doolin (right) put pen to paper on a two-year deal to take over the reins at Turner's Cros
YOU'D think a man whose surname is as Irish as, well, Ireland would be doing all he could to pull on a green shirt.Alas, the ‘will-he, won't-he' saga surrounding Stephen Ireland's international career continued this week
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